Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh yesterday announced a 7 percent salary increase for public servants and government pensioners which was swiftly criticised by the GPSU which called for its members to work to rule.
“….I am pleased to announce now that your Government will be paying an across-the-board increase of seven per cent to public servants, teachers, members of the Disciplined Services, constitutional office holders, as well as government pensioners,” Singh said during an address to the nation yesterday afternoon.
The increase which will not be tax free will be retroactive to January 1, 2021 and will be paid with salaries for the month of December. The announcement reflects the customary yearend imposition on public servants as there had been no collective bargaining with its union, the GPSU.
